The world was pitch-black, and the demonic aura billowed, covering the land.
"There's … a village in front." Li Jinglong pointed ahead.
Atay and Ashina Chong each took one side, and Li Jinglong put his hands on their shoulders as they staggered forward.
"Lu Xu! Haven't you found the horse yet? "Ashina Chong shouted.
Li Jinglong was bleeding from his seven orifices, and blood was bubbling out of his mouth. He was practically being dragged forward by the two. Atay said, "How did you know … there's a village here …"
"Beside the Yellow River, I and … Hongjun … took a boat … back then …"
"Don't talk to him, Atay." Ashina Chong said, "It won't be good soon."
"You have to keep him awake." Atay half-carried Li Jinglong and said, "Otherwise, he'll lose too much blood and fall asleep soon …"
"I can … hold on …" Li Jinglong's breathing was very weak.
"Lu Xu!" Ashina Chong shouted.
Lu Xu stood outside an abandoned village. The entire village had been razed to the ground at some point. There were charred bones everywhere, and many of them had turned to ash. The broken boats were parked on the banks of the Yellow River, and the collapsed houses were all crystallized by the fire.
Ashina Chong: "…"
Atay: "…"
Li Jinglong's eyes were bleeding, and he couldn't see anything. His nose was also filled with the smell of blood. He said, "What's wrong … borrow the horse … go back to Chang 'an …"
The two put Li Jinglong down, and Atay followed. He looked around the village and said, "What's going on?! What was it that burned this? "
There was actually such a terrifying monster in An Lushan's camp. Atay and Ashina Chong were both experts in using fire, but they had never seen such a terrifying spell. If there was anyone in the world who could raze this village to the ground, or even burn the houses to ashes, then only the Fire God of Zoroastrianism could descend. Even if Atay wore the Divine Fire Ring and used all of his power, it was impossible for him to release such a high temperature in such a short time.
Lu Xu stood in front of a collapsed house, his hand releasing a brilliant light.
Li Jinglong said with a trembling voice, "Hurry … What are you waiting for?"
Atay slowly approached the house. Lu Xu immediately retracted the light in his hand. Atay said, "Little Atay, what did you see?"
Lu Xu didn't say anything, but he couldn't stop sobbing.
Instantly, a sense of fear enveloped Atay's entire body. He slowly reached out his hand and released a brilliance that illuminated the ruins.
Among the ruins, there was a long whip on the ground. That whip was Trandol's abandoned weapon.
Under the wall that had been burned to ashes, a few pieces of charred bones were scattered.
At dawn, the world was dark.
As soon as the rebel army entered Tong Pass, it was as if there was no one there. They burned, looted, killed, and set fire. All the villages along the way fell into their hands. There were even Hu people who chased after the Han people and killed them for fun. Hongjun held a throwing knife in his hand and rushed through an area, cutting down an enemy. Grey Wolf, on the other hand, charged straight through. The two of them broke through the first layer of the rebel army's encirclement and headed west.
"Why are there so many of them?!" Hongjun had just passed through the official road when another ambush appeared. Immediately, the sound of battle cries shook the sky.
"They're not together!" Grey Wolf shouted, "Be careful of the arrows!"
At dawn, Hongjun was extremely tired. He had no choice but to use his Rainbow Divine Light to block the arrows for Grey Wolf.
They encountered another group of rebel army. Grey Wolf said, "They're Shi Siming's subordinates!"
The area west of Tong Pass had fallen and became the territory of the rebel army. When Hongjun arrived at a village, he saw countless rebels massacring a village.
"We're close to the frontlines!" Grey Wolf shouted, "Do we care? Or should we charge over? "
"What do you think?!" Hongjun asked.
"If you care, I'll care!" Grey Wolf replied.
Hongjun said, "Care!"
He really could not sit by and watch the people being slaughtered in front of his eyes. He immediately rushed into the village at the foot of the mountain with Grey Wolf. Grey Wolf turned into Mo Rigen's figure and jumped onto the roof with Hongjun. Mo Rigen pulled the Eclipse Moon Bow and Hongjun threw a throwing knife, killing all the rebels as if they were vegetables.
At this point, the two of them could no longer care about the rule that spells could not be used on mortals. As long as they saw a rebel army, they killed them. The enemy was all mortals. There were less than 200 of them. When they saw the power of the exorcists, they all scattered. Hongjun nailed down another throwing knife. The frost dispersed and extinguished the flames in the village.
"Immortals! Immortals! "
The people dragged their families and knelt in front of the two people standing on the roof, kowtowing non-stop. There were also people begging Hongjun and Mo Rigen to cast the Resurrection Spell.
"Immortals! Please, save my wife! "
"Immortals!"
"Can't save her! Can't save her! "Hongjun jumped down and pushed the crowd aside. He shouted," Go! Leave this place! Go to the west! "
The rebels will definitely come again. Next time, it won't be so simple. Mo Rigen inspected the surroundings. Seeing that the corpses of the soldiers were all mortals, he said to Hongjun, "This time, it seems like we've gone too far. I'm afraid they'll send demons after us."
Hongjun's hands were shaking as he killed the people. He said with a trembling voice, "The rebels killed the people with weapons. We used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and the Nailhead Seven Arrows to kill them … It's considered payback … payback. I really can't watch them die. "
Mo Rigen said, "Let's go. Hurry up, we're almost at Chang 'an."
Hongjun nodded. However, the people were unwilling to let them leave. Some with broken arms, some with broken legs, and some were hugging the dead. There were loud cries everywhere, begging Hongjun and Mo Rigen to revive their dead relatives or treat their serious injuries.
"I can't save them," Hongjun said to them as he squeezed through the crowd. "I don't know how to resurrect the dead, and I don't have any elixirs!"
Before Hongjun left, he gave almost all of his medicine to Lu Xu. He could only watch as the severely injured people screamed and struggled in a pool of blood, waiting for the end of their lives.
"The pregnant woman — is about to give birth —"
"You can go take a look," Hongjun said.
Mo Rigen said, "Don't look. You have to find a place to sleep for a while."
Hongjun thought of the pregnant Trandol. After his friend got pregnant, he was especially concerned about the feelings of a mother. It was good to be able to save someone's life.
"It won't take long," Hongjun said. "The two of us need to drink some water and eat something. Where's the pregnant woman? "
A young man brought Hongjun and hurried into his room. A woman's screams came from the dark room. It was heart-wrenching, and she was in extreme pain.
"B * tch — Tegra, you b * tch —"
In the dark room, Trandol was lying on the bed, screaming in pain. Hongjun's expression changed when he saw this. He hurriedly rushed out and shouted, "Brother Rigen! Brother Rigen! This is bad! It's Sister-in-law! "
Mo Rigen: "…"
No matter who it was, they would not be as shocked as seeing Trandol in the village. Trandol's screams suddenly stopped. He gasped for breath and said, "Hongjun? Da Lang? Why are the two of you here? "
Mo Rigen entered the room. Without saying anything, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the young man to thank him.
"This … please get up." The young man did not know what to do. He replied, "It's my duty, my duty. The doctor was killed. I really don't know what to do …"
Trandol screamed, "Aiya, it hurts so much — where's Tegra? Where's Tegra! "
"Hongjun!" Beside Trandol, a carp suddenly jumped up and shouted, "You're back!"
The young man took a look and immediately screamed in fear, "Carps can talk!"
The room was in chaos. Trandol screamed, the Carp Demon shouted, and the young man's face turned pale. Hongjun made a prompt decision and shouted, "Everyone, quiet down!"
Instantly, the room quieted down. Trandol gritted his teeth and whimpered softly.
"Sister-in-law, keep shouting," Hongjun hurriedly said, "I'm not talking about you."
"Aiya — I'm going to die —" Trandol shouted again in Farsi. He shouted and cursed at the same time, his syllables full of "Tegra, Tegra." Mo Rigen immediately said, "Go boil some water. How long has it been hurting? Hongjun, do you know how to deliver a baby? "
Hongjun, "No …"
"You ran in when you heard me. I thought you knew how to deliver a baby!" Mo Rigen said.
"I don't know how to deliver a baby, but I know how to treat a pregnant woman!" Hongjun screamed.
Carp Demon said, "It's been hurting for six hours!"
"How many months?" Mo Rigen asked.
"Almost nine months," Trandol moaned.
By the time Hongjun and Mo Rigen left Tongguan, Trando's belly was already showing and her belly was bulging. The two of them spent more than a month going back and forth. Counting with his fingers, although she was not full term, it was unlikely she would give birth prematurely.
Mo Rigen's forehead was covered in sweat. "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry. There's no doctor here, so I … "
"Hurry up!" Trando screamed. "It's up to you what you want to do! Hurry up and get this debt collector out of here … "
Mo Rigen: "Brother, go boil some water. Hongjun, stay here and give Sister-in-law vital energy to protect her heart. "
Hongjun: "Brother Rigen, do you know how to deliver a baby? That's great! "
Mo Rigen: "I … guess so."
Trandol's face was pale. "Da Lang, have you ever delivered a baby before …"
Mo Rigen: "I've delivered a horse and a goat."
Trandol: "…"
Hongjun: "…"
Mo Rigen said to Hongjun: "Help a little. Her water has broken."
Hongjun quickly nodded. He pressed Trandol's pulse and injected vital energy into her. Trandol's moans gradually stopped. Hongjun remembered something he read in a medical book and said, "Zhao Zilong, go to the village's pharmacy and get some ginseng."
The Carp Demon hopped out. Hongjun wanted to inject vital energy into Trandol, but he realized that she had been practicing some unknown technique since she was young. It seemed to be of the same origin as Atay's Zoroastrianism, and it seemed to repel the Five-colored Holy Light. He switched to Phoenix True Fire, but it was a success.
"Sister-in-law, your vital energy is very abundant," Hongjun said. "Don't worry, you'll give birth naturally."
"Ah … are you praising me?" Trandol moaned. "But I don't practice martial arts. Tegra always says I'm lazy …"
Mo Rigen said, "Wait a little longer. Bear with it."
Trandol said to Hongjun: "Oh my god, Hongjun, in this lifetime, please don't give birth to a child …"
Hongjun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I can't give birth. I'm a man."
The Carp Demon found some ginseng. Hongjun sliced it with a flying knife and gave it to Trandol. Both of them were trembling with nervousness. Mo Rigen said, "Give her some more."
"Enough," Hongjun said. "It's easy to choke if you stuff it in a mouthful."
"Where's that bastard Tegra …" Trandol said. "I'm going to blow his head off!"
Both of them: "…"
"How did you guys withdraw?" Hongjun asked the Carp Demon.
The Carp Demon spoke and gestured. At that time, the young man who was boiling water outside came in to take a look and added a few words. Only then did the two of them know that Trandol and the Carp Demon had just met not long ago.
Nearly half a month ago, Li Jinglong asked Gao Xianzhi to send a group of people to send Trandol back to Chang 'an. However, during the battle of Luoyang, Trandol was hit by the earth veins and her fetus was affected. She grew faster than usual, and her belly grew bigger day by day. It was especially obvious. Halfway through the journey, they vaguely felt that something was wrong.
The journey was bumpy, and the soldiers were afraid that they would have to bear the responsibility. Trandol couldn't take it either, so they made them stop and walk. Along the way, they found a small village to find a boat to enter Chang 'an. They didn't dare to take a carriage.
The Carp Demon rode the elite guards and was shot down in front of Tong Pass. When it woke up, it saw that there was no one on the battlefield. Li Jinglong and the others were nowhere to be found. It looked around for a while, then jumped into the Yellow River and swam upstream. When it reached the shore, it suddenly saw the rebel army attacking and slaughtering the village.
Trandol and the group of soldiers were waiting for a boat in the village. When the rebel army came, the soldiers guarding Trandol immediately fled. Trandol waved its whip and whipped a few rebel soldiers to death. Even more rebel soldiers and demon beasts rushed over …
Hongjun: "…"
Mo Rigen's back was covered in cold sweat when he heard this.
The Carp Demon said, "Then, I saw that there was no other way, so I let the girl use your dragon scale."
"Did it come?" Hongjun asked.
The Carp Demon said, "A blind one came and sprayed us. It was really blind! It almost burned us to death! The whole village was burned down by it! "
Hongjun: "That was Ying Huo."
Mo Rigen asked again, "Where's the dragon?"
"It went back after it was burned," the Carp Demon said.
Hongjun: "Didn't it say anything to you?"
The Carp Demon: "It ignored me."
Trandol groaned and said, "Really … at a time of life and death, it's all thanks to … Brother Zilong's reliable …"
Mo Rigen: "…"
The Carp Demon was full of hope and wanted to get close to the Dragon King, but Ying Huo, who was blind, sprayed him and Trandol together. Fortunately, Trandol dragged the Carp Demon and staggered out of the village. That day, the Carp Demon found an ox cart by the roadside. The ox did not know what was happening and was leisurely eating grass. The Carp Demon hitched itself onto the ox cart and pulled Trandol, heading west. At that time, the sky was dark, the sunrise and sunset were no longer visible. Dark clouds covered the sky and the eight hundred miles of Qin Creek was like an eternal night. The Carp Demon deviated from the direction of Chang 'an and wandered aimlessly. It first headed south, but just as it was about to turn northwest, Trandol started to suffer from labor pains.
At that moment, the woodcutter of Wu Village discovered them and brought Trandol back. Trandol was hungry, and the Carp Demon did not dare to speak. It curled up beside Trandol and was brought here.
"This little girl said …" The young woodcutter said, "It is a custom in our hometown to carry a carp with you. If you carry a carp with you, you will be blessed by the Great Carp God. You will be free from illness and pain, and pregnant women will give birth naturally. I didn't know it was a monster … so it was all a lie."
"I'm not a monster!" The Carp Demon replied, and then its voice became softer, "I want to become a dragon."
The dragon scale was used, and the Dragon King ignored it, almost turning it into a grilled fish. The Carp Demon could not help but sigh.
Trandol moaned, "I still have some … I'll give it to you … I don't need it now …"
The Carp Demon said, "You can keep it, really."
Trandol started to cry out in pain again. Mo Rigen said, "You can use more strength, sister-in-law. You can give birth before dawn. Use more strength!"
Trandol started to cry out again, "Tegra! You heartless bastard! Do you know how much I've suffered for you? "